Health


Diagnostic and Theraputic tools
Surgery (Gelson)

Virtual Surgery

  • Hardware – iMix are medical tools referred as Nintendo generation.
  • Software –Interfaces adapted for the disabled. Virtual surgery, makes computers accessible to a very wide range of users, including those with special needs, such as disable people and to to create better trained surgeons.

Prosthetic devices (Sang)
New Prosthetic hand can 'feel' touch, could be a boon for the disabled
  • Robotics-The new prosthetic arms are robots that can support patients who suffer the loss of a limb.
  • Hardware-The robot arm is a part of the group of a hardware
  • Software-The input from the patients is processed through a software that the robot arm will output with a movement.

Diagnostic Technology (Jenny)

Next Generation Medical Diagnostic System


Rehabilitation (Tord)
UK man gets new robotic arm that’s precise enough to let him type, tie shoes and crack eggs.
  • Robotics-The new prosthetic arms are robots that can support clients who has been wounded by a loss of a body part.
  • Hardware-The robot arm has physical output.
  • Software- The input from the users brain is processed through the robot arms software and results in the output in form of a movement.


Patient Monitoring (Irene)

Individualized IT solution for disabled (Mitch)

Thought control of robotic arms using the BrainGate system
This brain gate chip is implanted into the surface of the patient’s brain. The chip then picks up brain impulses related to movement, sends them to a separate machine that then translates the brain signals into commands that the servo motors in the robotic arm can under stand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRt8QCx3BCo
Meidcal information, administration,
marketing and sales
Medical advice (Maciej)
How to get the BEST medical advice ON-LINE.
Internet - The users can search online for possible treatment methods and contact doctors who are available on-line.
Hardware - the doctors and patients need to have access to computers or phones for contact with each other.
Databases - the patients and doctors often browse on-line databases when seeking medical advice.
e-Prescription (Tord)
Study Finds E-Prescribing To Be More Effective Than Typical Prescribing Methods
  • Internet - The users can use the internet to receive prescription over the internet, without having to go to the doctor physically
  • Software – The user can use software to send their information to doctors, in order to receive their prescription.

Telemedicine (Sang)

Telemedicine can pose ethical problems, delegates warn


  • Internet- The patients email their medicines to the doctors and check the usefulness
  • Network-The patients and doctors can contact even outside the internet through other sources of network such as a LAN
  • Hardware-The patients and the doctors require computers or phones to even begin contacting, and require cameras to increase the efficiency of the diagnosis.


Electronic health records (Irene)
Fears over plans to put NHS records online

.::. Internet - the NHS plans to put their medical records online, which the Bradford Council fears will be targeted by Internet hackers.

Intenational Health Cards
Medical Research
Global Collaboration

Database for the Human Genome Project (Maciej)

Improving Patient rehabilitation (Mitch)

Rex user - Hayden Allen 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGw5DYngHTo
the rex uses servo motors to hold the user upright and for movement. The upright position allows the users legs to regain muscle strength and blood flow. The system is controlled with a hand held joystic.
Psychological and Physical considerations
Internet Addiction (Gelson)

Internet Addiction: The New Mental Health Disorder?* Hardware and networks - Health issues and ergonomics related to the use of hardware
  • Centralized database - Database in which all data in stored in one centralized location.


Repetitive Strain Injury (Jenny)

Repetitive Strain Injury



Erognomics



Pupil's chair PAIN in the BACK

Correct Posture
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Source:
"Stretches to Improve Russian Splits." HealthTap. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2013. <https://www.healthtap.com/topics/stretches-to-improve-russian-splits>.




Requirements:

1. Find examples that we can use in class. (Videos or Articles) Online examples will be used in class for your classmates to try. Try them before posting it in this wiki. (2 for each example [max point will be 6 points])
2. Identify what IT System being used. Describe how they use the IT systems that you have listed (4 points)
3. On Paper write down the issues (section 1) that might arise with the use of technology. DO NOT post this issue, during class on Wednesday you will get to ask one person from the class why that issue should be flaged.
(2 points each [maximum 6 points] )